Chapter 8
“Treally am allergic to peaches! Even bad knows that.”
“Grace told the housekeeper to smear peach juice on my bed, Bad was the or who found out….
Helen cried pitifully, clutching her face as if she had been grievously wronged
“Still trying to lie?”
Paul suddenly stepped forward and grabbed Helen by the collar.
He was so tall that with one swift motion, he practically lifted her off the groomil,
Paul. let go! I can’t breathe.
Paul looked down at her, his handsome face gradually contorting.
“Helen, did you forget that you’re wearing Grace’s favorite perfume?
“The same one I used to buy for her over and over again.”
“Though I later forgot about it”
Paul let out a bitter laugh, his voice tinged with self–mockery. He had forgotten so much.
He had forgotten how deeply Grace had cared for him all those years.
Forgotten the love she had poured into their relationship during their three years together.
He had forgotten how much she had hoped to build a future with him.
He had forgotten the way she silently cried when they broke up, quietly accepting the painful reality.
He had forgotten that the g
girl he once cherished was so kind and gentle.
He had once treasured her deeply–only to discard her like she meant nothing
He had forgotten so much, and now, he was paying the price.
“This perfume’s middle notes are white peach and gardenia.”
“If you’re allergic to peaches, then how have you been using this perfume every day without any reaction?”
Helen’s eyes widened in shock, her face turning pale as a ghost.
Her entire body trembled uncontrollably.
“So, from the very beginning, you’ve been lying.”
“You schemed against Grace, deceived me, and even fooled Mr. Winston.”
Paul’s voice was cold as ice
“Helen, I must have been blind to fall for a manipulative woman like you.”
Hecpleased her roughly, pushing her to the floor.
Helen crumpled weakly, her mind racing to come up with an explanation, but he couldn’t find a single excuse.
The evidence was irrefutable–she had used the perfume every day.
Tll make sure everyone
knows your true colors.”
al lock before storming out, Slamming the dom behind him.
The driver sped the bugh the night and dropped him off at Grace’s apartment ding.
Paul looked up at her window. It wardark, with no lights on.
Perhaps she was asleep, but Paul wasn’t willing to give up.
He was desperate to see her, to apologize, to admit his mistakes, and to beg for her forgiveness.
But no matter how many times he rang the doorbell or knocked on the door, Cence never came to answer,
The persistent disturbances from Paul finally drove the neighbors to call the building’s management.
It was then that Paul learned from the property manager that Grace had alrodly moved out,
She had even entrusted the management to help her sell the apartment.
Where had she moved? Was she still in Capital City? Would she ever come ? And if su, when?
Paul had no answers.
One thought, and one thought alone, consumed him–a thought so terrifying it felt like a beast lurking in the shadows, waiting to devour him whole.
He had lost Grace
He might have lost her forever.
The lies and schemes of Helen and her
r mother against
wher against Grace had been fully exposed.
Even the house staff at the Winston residence came forward, speaking up for their young mistress
The day Helen and her mother were thrown out of the Winston estate, they were utterly humiliated
Like stray dogs in the rain, they were kicked while they were down, scorned by all..
Paul stood in the garden, among a patch of withered crabapple flowers, his eyes suddenly reddening.
Crabapple flowers may wither, but they will bloom again.
But some people, once gone, never return…
In the days that followed, Simon tried countless ways
s to contact Grace.
But every time the call connected, the moment she heard his voice, she would fall silent and hang up When she left Capital City, she took only her mother’s belongings and the inheritance left to her.
Now, the once grand Winston family was nothing but an empty shell.
They all knew she would never come back
Nearby, the sounds of shouting and cursing broke the silence, accompanied by woman’s sobs.
